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# Request Approval • AI Agent SDK

> request_approval: API reference for CallbackBackend.request_approval

# request\_approval

AsyncMethod

> This is a method of the [**CallbackBackend**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/classes/CallbackBackend.md) class in the [**backends**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/backends.md) module.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
async def request_approval(request: ApprovalRequest) -> ApprovalDecision
```

## Parameters

**request** `ApprovalRequest` *required*

No description available.

### Returns

**Returns** `ApprovalDecision`

The result of the operation.

## Uses

* `asyncio.iscoroutinefunction`
* `asyncio.get_running_loop`
* `loop.run_in_executor`
* `ApprovalDecision`

## Used By

* [`AgentApproval.request_approval_sync`](../functions/AgentApproval-request_approval_sync)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/approval/backends.py#L503)
>
> `praisonaiagents/approval/backends.py` at line 503


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